Goalkeeper Heaton vows to fight until the bitter end

Dan Black

Clarets goalkeeper Tom Heaton has vowed to fight until the bitter end as the club’s Premier League status hangs on a thread.

The Clarets go to the KC Stadium to face Hull City tomorrow knowing that nothing less than a victory will do if they’re to cling on to their faint hopes of survival.

One win in 14 has made Burnley’s task almost impossible while a solitary goal in 819 minutes of football hasn’t helped that predicament.

“We’ve got three games left and we want to focus on going to Hull next and giving a good account of ourselves,” he said.

“We’ll keep fighting. We have to keep going, there’s nothing else you can do.

“There certainly won’t be any lack of fight or will and desire to go and win the games.

“We’ve got three games left. It’s not impossible at the minute so we won’t lose hope.

“We’ll go again and look to go and win the game. That’s all we can do.”

Sean Dyche’s side have scored the fewest goals of the 92 clubs in England’s top tier and Football League with 26, but Heaton confessed that their profligacy hasn’t been caused by a lack of endeavour.

The Clarets have won all four of their previous outings in the Tigers’ cage but they’ll need to end a stretch of 569 minutes without a breakthrough if they are to extend that purple patch.

“It’s difficult,” Heaton said. “The defences are very good but we’re certainly getting into the positions up in the field, it’s then that we need that little final bit of composure, whether it’s a pass or seeing someone.

“But there’s certainly no shortage of endeavour and we’ll keep trying to look to rectify it and that starts again this week.”

He added: “Teams never get flustered whether they’re winning, losing or drawing. That’s something I’ve seen this year.